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First published in 1993, Basics of Biblical Greek is the most popular introduction to the field, used in universities and seminaries around the world. Over 200,000 students have learned biblical Greek under its guidance. This significant third edition has been carefully developed in consultation with instructors, students, self-learners, and homeschoolers. Users can now take advantage to the many improvements made at the book's website, www.Teknia.com, where they will find---for free---an online course, walking students through every chapter; vocabulary flashcards; video and audio helps; Greek fonts; quizzes for each chapter; fun songs and games; and much, much more.

Now in a larger size, with an attractive 2-color design, the third edition adds an element of fun, with encouragement, songs, and more, which appear in the margins. Chapter 35 has been split into two chapters, 'half-time review' sections have been added to every chapter, and new exegesis sections are now included. These and other improvements serve to enhance the learning experience and will continue BBG's legacy as the premier introduction to biblical Greek.

Publisher's Description

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First published in 1993, Basics of Biblical Greek is the most popular introduction to the field, used in universities and seminaries around the world. Over 200,000 students have learned biblical Greek under its guidance. This significant third edition has been carefully developed in consultation with instructors, students, self-learners, and homeschoolers. Users can now take advantage to the many improvements made at the books website, www.Teknia.com, where they will findfor freean online course, walking students through every chapter; vocabulary flashcards; video and audio helps; Greek fonts; quizzes for each chapter; fun songs and games; and much, much more. Now in a larger size, with an attractive 2-color design, the third edition adds an element of fun, with encouragement, songs, and more, which appear in the margins. Chapter 35 has been split into two chapters, half-time review sections have been added to every chapter, and new exegesis sections are now included. These and other improvements serve to enhance the learning experience and will continue BBGs legacy as the premier introduction to biblical Greek.

Author Bio

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William D Mounce (PhD, Aberdeen University) lives as a writer in Washougal, Washington. He is the President of BiblicalTraining.org, a non-profit organization offering world-class educational resources for discipleship in the local church. See www.BillMounce.com for more information. Formerly he was a preaching pastor, and prior to that a professor of New Testament and director of the Greek Program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of the bestselling Greek textbook, Basics of Biblical Greek, and many other resources. He was the New Testament chair of the English Standard Version translation of the Bible, and is serving on the NIV translation committee.

AS I DELVE INTO GREEK THE DESIRE TO LEARN MORE BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE I KNOW WHAT I AM STUDYING IS BEING RETAINED AND THIS IS ONE BOOK THAT NEEDS A GOOD LONG LOOK AND STUDY SO THIS REVIEW MAY NOT GIVE THE WHOLE PICTURE OF WHAT CAN BE LEARNED OR EVEN GLEANED FROM THIS PRODUCT.

I have had some Greek in the past -- probably 20 years ago -- and wanted to review. The author's approach is a little different than what I had before. The other text I had would have a chapter related to an aspect of verbs, then the next chapter would be related to nouns, then one on verbs, etc. This author spends the first several chapters just on nouns and thoroughly covers all aspects of nouns before going on to verbs.

Also his approach is a little different regarding stems and word endings. For example I learned in the past the word ending for nominative masculine singular nouns is "os". He teaches is just as "s" because later in the book the memorizing of just the "s" instead of "os" will help on different paradigms that won't have to be memorized He tried to keep memorization to a minimum. I'm not very far into the book yet, but so far I like it.

At the beginning of the book he mentions his website, teknia.com. It's worth checking out. There are several free downloads on his site like quizzes, vocabulary lists, etc. There also is an overview of each chapter that you can watch. For a fee you can watch a full class (I didn't pay to do that). The free overviews are about 10 minutes or so each.

This is up and away the best Greek grammar available for the beginning student. The third edition has full color pages that are visually captivating and interesting to the reader. It is such a great tool that you could learn it yourself without a structured class.

This is for people wanting to learn the original language of the NT, and it starts from scratch. You do not need any experience starting out, this book picks up learning the alphabet.